Hand-bag.



M. NOVER.

HAND BAG.

APPLICATION HLED MAR. 26, 1915.

1 ,235,%9 htented July 31, 1917.

WITNESSES" l/Vl/ENTOR Mom "1:5 [IQ 009w A TTOHIVEVS MORRIS ROVER, OF NEW YORK, 11'. Y.

HAND-BAG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed March 26, 1915. Serial No. 17,187.

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that I, Monms Novas, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand-Bags, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates more particularly to small hand-bags for the use of women.

One of the primary objects of the invention is to provide a hand-bag in which there are one or more deep pockets for carrying various articles, and a shallow pocket adapted for small articles as change, handkerchiefs or the like, and which are so arranged as to permit independent access to the different ockets.

Another ob ect of the invention is to provide a hand-bag or the like in which one member of a metal frame serves as a hinged connection for other frame members, and which support deep and shallow pockets.

Another object of the invention is to provide a sim 1e and efficient hinge for the frame mem ers. V

Afurther object of the invention is to provide simple and eificient means whereby the frame members for the pockets may be pivoted at different points.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient clasp for the frame members of the difi'erent pockets to permit independent access to the pockets.

With these and other objects in view, the invention will be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification, and will then be pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of device or article embodying my invention, showing the frame members positioned for access to both pockets.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section of the device, with the clasp in a closed position.

Fig. 3' is an enlarged transverse section, taken on the line III-III of Fig. 7, showing one form of hinge for the frame members of the small pocket.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view of the hinge portions of the frame members.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged front elevation of the clasp. I

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary inside elevation of the hinge portion of the frame, the parts being shown in a closed position.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6, except that the frame members are shown in an open position.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary side elevation of the frame members showing a different form of hinge.

Fig. 9 shows the hinge of Fig. 8, looking in an opposite direction and in an opened position; and

Fig. 10 is a fragmentary side elevation of still another hinged connection between the frame members for the small pocket.

The device 10 has an outer cover or body 11 of leather or of any other suitable mate rial. The cover at one side and at the upper edge thereof is held to an outer frame member 12, while at the other side the cover is held to an outer frame member 13. An intermediate, inner or central frame member 14 is provided, which corresponds in size and shape to the member 13 but is larger than the frame member 12, the three members forming substantially a single ele ment or frame. A pocket 15 of substantially the depth of the cover 11 is arranged therein, and has one edge thereof held to the outer frame member 13, and the other edge to the inner frame member 14, so that when the two members 13 and 14 are opened or separated as shown in Fig. 1, access may be hadto the pocket 15, or when the frame members are moved to the position shown in Fig. 2, the mouth of the pocket is closed.

The frame members 13 and 14 are substantially U-shaped in form although the may vary so far as the form is concerned: and each member is substantially U-shaped in cross-section to provide clamping flanges.

The members 13 and 14 are cut away to provide integral lugs or projections 16 and 17 respectively, which are pivoted together by a rivet 18 or otherwise on opposite sides of the metal frame to adapt the said members 13 and 14 to be moved toward or from each other in the usual way.

A clasp member 19 is held to the frame member 14, and a corresponding clasp member 20 is held to the member 13. Each clasp has a ball or engaging portion 21 which are adapted when forced past each other to engage frictionally in such a way so as to hold the members 13 and 14 in close relation to close the mouth of the pocket or permit access thereto. The frame member 13 has an eye 22, at each side thereof, in which a ring 23 is held and to each ring is held one end of a strap or handle 24, it being understood that the strap or handle may be attached to any of the other frame members.

The frame member 12 is substantially the same shape as the frame members 13 and 14, but not of the same depth. The frame member 13 has its ends cut away to provide a hinged part or lug 25 at each end and is pivoted to the member 14 above the hinge provided by the lugs 16 and 17. A lug 26 is formed integral with the frame member 14 at each side thereof by cutting away one sided the frame member, and the lug 25 of the member 12 is pivoted to the lug 26 by a rivet 27 or in any other suitable way. A pocket 28 of any suitable material, much less in depth or smaller than the usual pocket 15 has one side thereof held between the flanges of the frame member 12, and the other side of said pocket is held betfien the flanges of the frame member 14.

. It will be evident that the pocket 28 by reason of its shallow character may be made to contain articles to which access is frequently required, while the other or deeper pocket may be made to contain articles of greater value and wherein access is not always desirable particularly in public places.

To hold the frame member 12 in a closed position and to close the mouth of the pocket 28, I provide a member 29, which may have a knob 30 and which is ada ted to frictionally engage the upper su ace of ber 14 it may engage the shanks of the 6 clasp member 19 and 20 or either of them or both surfaces of the frame member and the members 19 and 2Q.

Figs. 8 and 9 show a form of hinge which may be called a one piece hinge. The frame members 31, 32 and 33 may correspond to the frame members 12, 13 and 14 of Figs. 1 and 2. The inner member 33 has a plate portion 34 at the lower part of which the lug 35 of the frame member 32 is pivoted, as by a rivet or pin 36. The plate portion 34 may be formed integral with the intermediate member 33 or separate therefrom as preferred. At the outer portion of the plate member 34, the frame member 31 is pivoted thereto by a rivet or pin 37. The action of the frame members of the metal frame of the bag is substantially the same as that already described.

In Fig. 10 the member 38 is for the shallow pocket and differs somewhat in shape from that already dmcribed. At the lower end of the frame member 38 is a lug 39 which is held to move on a pivot, pin or stud 40, forming a hinge. The two other 90 members of the frame may be hinged together as at 41 in the manner already de- 7 scribed.

Flaving thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A hand bag comprising a frame having three arched channel members, two of said members being of substantially the same dimensions and pivotally connected together at the1r ends, the remaining frame member being of less height than the othermembers and being pivotally held to the outer side of one of said members with its upper portion in alinement with the upper portions of the other members, a pocket of flexible material having its opposite sides held within the channel portions of the two larger frame members, and a pocket of flexible material of less depth than said firstmentioned pocket having one side thereof held within the channel portion of the smaller frame member and its opposite side held within the channel portion of the adjacent frame member extending above the pivotal point of the smaller frame member.

2. A hand bag comprising a frame having three arched sheet metal channel members, two of said members being of the same height. and formed with depending lugs at their lower ends pivotally held together, the remaining frame member being of less height than the other members and having depending lugs at its outer ends pivotally held to lugs stamped outwardly from the outer walls of the vertical portions of one of said larger frame members intermediate the ends thereof, a pocket of flexible material having its opposite sides held within the for locking the frame members together 10 channel portions of the larger frame memclose the mouths of said pockets. bers, and a second pocket of less depth than This speoifigation' signed and witnessed first hianockit anfil hatimg its onto; sige this 24th day of March, A. D. 1915.

5 e wit' tecanne portiono te smaller frame member and its inner side MORRIS NOVER' held within the channel portion of the ad- Witnesses:

jacent frame member above the pivotal point Imam G. Tarmn, of the smaller frame member, and means C. Bum-s. 

